Application Now Open for TANC 2025
The application for the 2025 Transatlantic Negotiation Competition (TANC) is now open. The competition will be held virtually from March 14 -16, 2025. TANC, hosted by Syracuse University College of Law and Queens University Belfast, features at least eight U.S. law schools and eight international law schools competing against each other in a contest that simulates legal negotiations.
The 2024 Transatlantic Negotiation Competition saw 35 rounds of competition between 28 teams from all over the world! Between participants and judges, our competition covered six continents, 23 countries, and nine time zones.
Competition Details:
- TANC will be held virtually.
- Applications are due November 1, 2024 for North American teams. For international teams, applications will be accepted on a rolling basis with strong preference given to the order in which they are received.
- The field will feature at least eight U.S. and eight international teams.
- Because of the differences in when American and non-American schools start their semesters, the U.S. field will be revealed in mid-November and the International side in January 2025.
- The competition problems will be released in February 2025.
- The competition will take place March 14-16, 2025.
- The competition will be in English.
- The registration fee is $150 or 140 euros or 12, 595 rupees.
- Teams may consist of four persons, but only two people from each team are eligible to compete in each round.
- Each round will be one hour.
About the Transatlantic Negotiation Competition
The competition gives law students around the world an opportunity to hone their negotiation and communication skills in a transnational setting, with particular emphasis on the importance of cross-cultural negotiation and communication in resolving disputes and facilitating client agreements.
In each round of the competition, one team from the United States and one International will face each other to resolve a series of problems presented in a particular factual scenario. The scenarios are not dependent on the law of a particular country and are the type commonly encountered in international business, trade, and political disputes.
Each simulation consists of a common set of facts known by all participants, as well as confidential information known only to the participants representing a particular side. Teams may consist of four persons, but only two persons from each team are eligible to compete in each round. Each panel of evaluators will consist of three judges, with at least one judge from either Europe or the United States.
All finalists and semifinalist teams will receive a trophy commemorating their accomplishments and individual awards will be given to the competition’s best advocate, the most creative solution to a bargaining problem, and best teamwork.